CRANBERRY
Vaccinium Oxycoccos
Heather Family [Ericaceae] 
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Heather Family [Ericaceae]
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| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Very short, less than 3 inches high, in amongst moss in very boggy wet ground. |
| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flower small with four pinkish petals, often swept backwards, with orange anthers projecting forwards reminiscent of those of Bittersweet. |
| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| flower from the rear, without green sepals, but with dome. Not short hairs on reddish, almost translucent, stem. |
| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Petals swept backwards, single on reddish stems. |
| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves dark-green, shiny on uppermost surface which is in-rolled width-ways. |
| 1st June 2010, Duddon Mosses, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Leaves by transmitted light. Some leaves turn reddish (middle). |
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Some similarities to : Resemblance to: Bog Rosemary, in that Bog Rosemary is also very short and has the same pink coloured petals (if not the shape) and your feet will be getting wet when you examine it closely for it occupies much the same kind of terrain; wet boggy ground!
Slight resemblance to : Uniquely identifiable characteristics Identifiable Feature : the small pink flower, the backward swept petals together with your wet feet. The Cranberries of American fame have much larger berries than does this Cranberry. The Cranberries in this country are not used in the making of Cranberry jelly.
Strawberry has been found to contain some ellagitannins, amongsth them Potentillin and its dimer ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Vaccinium |
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Heather Family [Ericaceae]
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